All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Statoil Wind Site Characterization Surveys Offshore New York
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Statoil Wind U.S. LLC (Statoil) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off the coast of New York as part of
Published
05/03/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Marine Geophysical Surveys in the Southwest Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to marine geophysical surveys in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
Survey loca
Published
11/27/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geophysical Survey in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Survey locations
Published
10/25/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: University of Hawaii Marine Geophysical Survey in the Central Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the University of Hawaii to incidentally take, by Level A and Level B harassment only, small numbers of marine mammals during a marine geophysical survey in the Central Pacific Ocean.
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Published
09/25/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Subsea Cable Laying Operations in U.S. Arctic
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to Quintillion Subsea Operations LLC for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to conducting subsea cable-laying and maintenance activities in the Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi seas, during the open-w
Issued
08/16/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Deepwater Wind Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New York
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Deepwater Wind, LLC, to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to high-resolution geophysical and geotechnical surveys associated with marine site characterization activities off the coast of New York in the are
Issued
07/13/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Ocean Wind Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Ocean Wind, LLC, for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals incidental to geophysical and geotechnical activities associated with marine site characterization surveys off the coast of New Jersey.
Issued
07/07/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Training Activities in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Area (2017-2022)
Upon application from the U.S. Navy, NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to the training activities conducted in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Study A
Published
04/27/2017
Port and Algonquin Pipeline Operation, Maintenance and Repair in Massachusetts Bay (2016-2017)
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, L.P. and Algonquin Gas Transmission, L.L.C. for authorization under the MMPA to take small numbers of 14 species of marine mammals.
Issued
11/22/2016
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) (2015–2020)
NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations and Letters of Authorization (LOA) under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area fr
Published
11/24/2015